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COMBINATION CLOTHES HANGER AND IRONING BOARD. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 25. IQIa.

1,31 1,766. Patented July 29,1919.

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FIJODINDA GARDNER., or SALT LAKE Grrr, UTAH.

- COMBINATION CLOTHES-HANGER. AND moNiNofBoAnD.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I Mrs. FLoRlNDA Gann- NER a citizen of the nited States, resldmg at galt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combmatlon Clothes-Hangers and Ironin -Boards, of which the following is a speclficatlon..

M invention relates to a combined ironing board and clothes hanger.

An object of my invention is to provlde a light, inexpensive and convenlent ironing board and hanger adapted to be carried in a wardrobe trunk.

Another object is to provide a combined ironing board and hanger which may be carried in a wardrobe trunk and which readily ma be removed therefrom and laid on a tab e or other convenient surface for use as an ironing board.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accom anying drawings which form a part of t is specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wardrobe trunk in its open position illustratin a combined ironing board and hanger embo ying the principles of my invention, as it is used in connection with the trunk.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in side elevation of a table illustrating the use of my combined ironing board and hanger when used as an ironing board.

. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the construction of the upper end of my combined ironing board and hanger.

The wardrobe trunk illustrated in Fig. 1 is of a common type having a' drawer section 10 and a hanger section 11, the hanger section being provided with hanger rods 12 and 13 which as is usual in the construction of suchtrunks are hinged to the back casing and swing inwardly to approximately the middle point between the two hinges. When intheir open position they extend horizontally from the back casing as shown in The combined ironing board and hanger consists of a strai ht board'14 of convenient width of a lengt somewhat less than the Speoilloation of Letters Patent.

Application led November 25, 1818. Serial No. 264,062.

Patented July 29, 1919.

hei ht of the wardrobe trunk. Its upper an wider end has a hanger member 15 fixed in a groove formed in its upper margin by screws 16 extending throu h the thickness of the board and throu h t e hanger member. The hanger mem er is made of'relatively thin wood or metal in the usual form having a straight middle section with hooks 17 and 18 formed on its ends to engage with the hanger rods 12 and 13. A cleat 19 is fixed across the board near its upper end by screws 20. The sides of the board are cut away to form a narrowed and rounded lower end 21 across which a cleat 22 is fixed on the same side of the board as the upper cleat. The cross cleats have their bearing surfaces 23 covered with a layer 24 of -felt orsimilar padding. The purpose of the cross cleats is to stiffen the board and'to hold it away from the supporting surface so y as to guard against injury from the heat of the iron, and the purpose of the padding of the cleats is to guard against Ascratching or marring of such surfaces as well as to increase the sliding friction between the ironin board and resting surface and thus to stabllize the ironing board.

Operation: The ironing board when employed as a hanger is used like any other anger, the board'being removed from'the rods and the clothing applied in the usual way. When it is vto be used as an ironing board it is removed from the wardrobe trunk and laid withthe cleats down on a table or any other convenient illustrated in Fig. 2.

lWhile I have shown the preferred lform of my combined ironing board and hanger as now known to me, it will be understood that various changes 1n construction and are rangement of parts may be made by those skilled in the art without departin from the spirit of my invention as claime I claim:

1. A combined ironing board and clothes hanger, com risin an ironing board member, cross 'c eats xed transversely on one side of said board member, and a hanger fixed to one end of'said board member, said hanger having hooks adapted to enga with supporting rods such as are used 1n wardrobe trunks.

2. A combined ironing board and clothes surface, as Y hanger comprising, an ronmg board mem ber hevmg a, Wlder end and e, narrower end.,

n padded @rose cleats nxed on the same side of said lronmg board member across ljts Wider. and narrower ends, and a henger member xed to the Wider end of said ron= ing board member Sald hanger member being provided with hooks adapted `to engage with supporting rods such es are used 1n Wardrobe trunks. l0

En testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification.

Mksm FLRNDA GARDNER. 

